posted on March 18, 2010 09:35:02 PM new
Auction ended Sunday...No payment/communication today so sent out a 2nd notice. Just got an e-mail from customer asking if I thought he could get the item by next Friday. In my most professional tone, I told him that the sooner he pays, the sooner he'll receive the item. When he pays, I'll ship. Echoing a comment made by someone else on another thread, "Where DO these people come from?"
posted on March 19, 2010 06:30:20 AM new
LOL! That's almost as bad as the ones who want you to ship before payment so they can be sure they want what they won.
I have had more trouble getting prompt payment lately than I ever have had before. I have four boxes of items sitting here awaiting payment. Auctions closed 3-4 days ago and not so much as an "I got your invoice" acknowledgment. Only one has a feedback score past 50. Maybe I'm just weird, but when I win an auction and I can't pay right away I email the seller and at least acknowledge receipt of the invoice.
posted on March 19, 2010 09:04:43 AM new
eBay has become a buyers market. their system has evolved into a system where buyers have no responsibility. No feedback system for the type of buyer they are, no responsibility for payment (I had a buyer who didn't pay, didn't contact me, I filed and closed a NPB case, and all he had to do was call eBay and they removed the NPB warning from his account for the sake of "good customer service".
I guess the question should always be, "are sellers really surprised by how many times and ways we get the shaft by bidders and ebay?"
posted on March 19, 2010 10:01:13 AM new
You are absolutely right, shagmidmom! I have run across the most irresponsible people on eBay lately. What I've heard from most of my buyers is that they liked the old eBay FB system. Without being able to get negative FB, they don't stand out good or bad. They're all the same so why bother trying to be a good buyer when being a mediocre buyer will do? Negative feedback wasn't driving the buyers away! Dishonest sellers helped to drive them away. You don't get rid of them by disabling a FB system that for the most part, worked. What we have now are all the dishonest sellers we had before and even more dishonest buyers.
posted on March 19, 2010 12:44:10 PM new
I once had a buyer that took 6 weeks to pay, and then complained whan they didn't get their item within 3 days.
posted on March 19, 2010 03:30:14 PM new
An hour ago, my buyer e-mailed and said "I'm paying now"...nothing's shown up in my PayPal account yet. When I e-mailed originally, I told him he needed to pay by this morning so I could get the item mailed before the expected blizzard arrived here in central Oklahoma. He'd said he "needed it by Friday". I reminded him that, as per the item description, the item was NOT in pristine condition and would require repair before it could be used. As it looks now, roads will be closed tomorrow and probably for the weekend as well. Frankly, I'm smelling a really bad deal here. If/when he pays, I'm thinking it would be best to tell him that, because of the weather, it's unlikely he'll get the item by the time he needs it and recommend we mutully agree to cancel the auction. Nothing about this sell looks promising!
posted on March 20, 2010 07:34:49 AM new
Ugh. Snow! Fortunately, it's been a very nice March in NE Ohio! I'm hoping we don't get a freeze because my lilacs will take a beating. They've budded.
posted on March 20, 2010 08:15:27 AM new
We're covered in snow right now and a brisk north wind is blowing it all around in big drifts in front of my garage. And it was 70 degrees yesterday! Ahh, Oklahoma weather!
posted on March 22, 2010 02:44:51 PM new
I have over $1000 uncollected payments right now - on 3 ID's. I know that one buyer isn't going to pay. Another has good FB but it's been 4 days now and not a word. The only one who has contacted me at all was a newbie but he wrote and said he had to join paypal and it would take 3 days. At least that's something.
posted on March 22, 2010 04:11:00 PM new
Actually, guess I've been lucky as this is the first NPB in a long time. I went ahead and filed the appropriate notice with eBay and will wait for a response (or non-response) from the bidder. He's a newbie with only 1 feedback and I've already blocked him.
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